Kasta

Old Icelandic Dictionary - kasta

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "kasta" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

kasta Old Icelandic word can mean:

kasta: (að), v.

kasta: 1) to cast, throw, with dat. (Egill ~ði þegar niðr horninu);

kasta: ~ akkerum, to cast anchor;

kasta: ~ verplum, teningum, to throw with dice;

kasta: ~ orðum á e-n, to address one;

kasta: refl., ~st orðum á, to exchange words;

kasta: ~ kalls-yrðum at e-m, to throw taunts at one;

kasta: ~ eign sinni á e-t, to seize upon, take possession of;

kasta: ~ á sik sótt, to feign illness;

kasta: 2) to cast off (er H. heyrði þetta, ~ði hann skikkjunni);

kasta: ~ trú, to cast off one’s faith;

kasta: 3) impers., e-u ~r, is thrown, flung;

kasta: tóku þeir gneista þá, er ~t hafði ór Múspellsheimi, they took the sparks that had been cast out from M.;

kasta: skipinu hafði ~t, had capsized;

kasta: henni var ~t skinni at beini, the skin was, as it were, thrown over her bones (from leanness);

kasta: 4) with ‘um’;

kasta: ~ um hesti, to turn, wheel, a horse right round;

kasta: ~ um sínum hug, to alter one’s (own) disposition; absol. to turn round, wheel about.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛋᛏᛅ

Abbreviations used:

dat.: dative.

e-m: einhverjum.

e-t: eitthvat.

e-u: einhverju.

impers.: impersonal.

absol.: absolute, absolutely.

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